Title:
Accident and design : contemporary debates on risk management
Publication Information:
London : Routledge, 1996
ISBN:
9781857285970
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Summary
Summary
An examination of different theoretical, methodological and practical approaches towards the management of risk. Seven dimensions of the debate are identified, and the case for each position is put forward, the whole discussion being set in context and perspective. This volume attempts to identify and juxtapose the contested doctrines and underlying assumptions in the field of risk management.
Table of Contents
| Anticipation in risk management - a stich in time... ? |
| Anticipation versus relianceChristopher Hood and David Jones |
| Anticipating the risk posed by natural perilsDavid Jones |
| Hazard engineeringDavid Blockley |
| Resilience, flexibility and diversity in managing the risks of technologiesDavid Collingridge |
| Absolution, liability and blame - pointing the finger: Absolutism versus blameChristopher Hood and David Jones |
| Criminal law, blame and risk: the case of corporate manslaughterCelia Wells |
| The problem of blameTom Horlick-Jones |
| Blame, punishment and risk managementA. Neil Johnston |
| Quantitative risk assessment and risk management - faith in figures: The extent to which "statistics are signs from God"Christopher Hood and David Jones |
| Quantitative risk assessment and decisions about risk: an essential input into the decision processA. V. Cohen |
| Limits to the mathematical modelling of disastersB. Toft |
| Designing institutions - a house of cards? The feasibility of institutional design in risk managementChristopher Hood and David Jones |
| Risk and disaster: the role of communications breakdown in plane crashes and business failureDavid Weir |
| Criteria for the design of hazard mitigation instructionsEdmund Penning-Rowsell |
| Counting the cost: Risk reduction, but at what price?Christopher Hood and David Jones |
| Is safety a by-product of quality managementTom Horlick-Jones |
| Risk management: an economist's approachSir Christopher Foster |
| Participation in risk management decisions: To what extent is risk management best left to expertsChristopher Hood and David Jones |
| Technocracy, democracy, secrecy and errorNick Pidgeon |
| Risk management, post-normal science and extended peer communitiesSilvio O. Funtowicz and Jerome R. Ravetz |
| Exploring the role of civic science in risk managementTimothy O'Riordan |
| The regulatory target - crying over spilt milk: Should regulation be targeted on physical products or institutional processesChristopher Hood and David Jones |
| Risk and emerging technology: the case of process-based regulation of biotechnology in EuropeSimon Shohet |
| Conclusion - learning from your desk lamp: Homeostatic versus collaborationist approaches to risk managementChristopher Hood and David Jones |
| When extremes meet: "sprat" versus "shark" in public risk managementChristopher Hood |
